---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 142 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Carpenter", "Cowles", "Kooyenga", "L. Taylor", "Nass"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eed22118-b16b-49b5-93d5-ff2e12b2d227"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb142"
source_hash: "d252336e22390efb2def1bc199e4e578dd9c2140dcc38e89a0dc525c5a1e8d93"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 142 (2019) — Relating to: late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB142)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB142-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Carpenter, Bernier, Cowles, Nass and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives James, Skowronski, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Edming, Horlacher, Jagler, Kitchens, Knodl, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, VanderMeer, Wichgers and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Fields added as a cosponsor
- **2019-08-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Jacque added as a coauthor
- **2019-08-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-21-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 47 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-22-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eed22118-b16b-49b5-93d5-ff2e12b2d227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).